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Archive for 31. January 2009
A Missing Relative No Longer Missing
31. January 2009 by Tim.
Another update…
As you know, I have been keeping a visual record of my Tree on Ancestry.com. In addition to research capabilities, that web site also has a large message board area. I have posted on several of them mentioning specific relatives and asking for information. I received replies to several of them from people who are related - in a very distant way - and from people who are just willing to help me in my research. One response was of particular note, and is the subject of this post.
The message I posted mentioned my great grandfather, Frank Hartwell Orcutt. The response I received was simply this, “Hello, I know this genealogy very well & can give you great insights. My Great Grandfather and your Frank H Orcutt were brothers.”
Needless to say, I replied. This message was hugely different from anything I had received before. In the past, even when the person wasrelated to me, it was usually the case that our 7th or 8th or even 10th great grand parents were the same. Never before had I heard from someone who was this close a relative! Add to this, the fact that she was related to a brother of Frank H Orcutt meant that there was a potential that I could learn more about him and that branch of the family. Little did I know what lay in store!
I emailed the poster and it wasnt long before we were emailing several times a day. It turns out that the poster is named Sharon Orcutt Peters, and she is, among a number of other things, a genealogist! She is an author as well, and along with innumerable articles in various magazines, she has a book published on the history of Abington, MA. Well, as you can imagine, Sharon has been a tremendous source of knowledge, information, and inspiration.
Sharon will be the subject of a number of future posts, but for now I need to continue keeping my promise to update a number of other topics. After that, I’ll post more on current happenings.
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